The editors of the Edison Papers produced descriptions for each of the folders listed below. These folders can be found in the Thomas A. Edison Papers Digital Edition. They generally include the names of companies, persons, technologies, publications, countries, and other subjects that are important or of particular interest in that group of documents (although some folder descriptions in the early years are quite spare). They also often reveal background information about or relationships between people, companies, governments, and other institutions.

Folders

Document File Series [pdf pg. 11]

1886 Document File [pdf pg. 12]

D-86-1 – Deafness [pdf pg. 14]

D-86-2 - Drexel, Morgan & Co [pdf pg. 18]

1886 - Edison, T.A.      

D-86-3—General [pdf pg. 35]

D-86-4—Accounts (not selected) [pdf pg. 186]

D-86-5—Advice [pdf pg. 187]

D-86-6—Articles [pdf pg. 204]

D-86-7—Autograph & Photograph Requests (not selected) [pdf pg. 216]

D-86-8—Bills & Receipts (not selected) [pdf pg. 217]

D-86-9—Bills of Lading (not selected) [pdf pg. 218]

D-86-10—Book & Journal Orders [pdf pg. 219]

D-86-11—Clubs & Societies [pdf pg. 232]

D-86-12—Creditors [pdf pg. 244]

D-86-13—Employment [pdf pg. 249]

D-86-14—Family [pdf pg. 258]

D-86-15—Insurance [pdf pg. 287]

D-86-16.1—Suppliers (not selected) [pdf pg. 292]

D-86-16.2—Unsolicited Inquiries (not selected) [pdf pg. 293]

D-86-17—Visitors (not selected) [pdf pg. 294]

1886 - Electric Light    

D-86-18—General [pdf pg. 295]

D-86-19—Ansonia Brass & Copper Co [pdf pg. 310]

D-86-20—Bergmann & Co [pdf pg. 316]

D-86-21—Edison Co for Isolated Lighting [pdf pg. 325]

D-86-22—Edison Electric Illuminating Companies [pdf pg. 345]

D-86-23—Edison Electric Illuminating Co of New York [pdf pg. 364]

D-86-24—Edison Electric Light Co [pdf pg. 381]

D-86-25—Edison Electric Light Co of Europe [pdf pg. 452]

D-86-26—Edison Lamp Co [pdf pg. 495]

D-86-27—Edison Machine Works [pdf pg. 522]

D-86-28—Edison Shafting Manufacturing Co (not selected) [pdf pg. 686]

D-86-29—Edison United Manufacturing Co [pdf pg. 687]

D-86-30—Foreign [pdf pg. 697]

D-86-31—Western Edison Light Co [pdf pg. 895]

D-86-32 – Exhibitions [pdf pg. 899]

D-86-33 - Insull, Samuel—General [pdf pg. 907]

D-86-34 - Insull, Samuel—Rapid Service Store Railway Co [pdf pg. 983]

D-86-35 – Mining [pdf pg. 1031]

D-86-36 - New York Laboratory [pdf pg. 1053]

D-86-37 – Patents [pdf pg. 1069]

D-86-38 - Railroad—Electric (not selected) [pdf pg. 1135]

D-86-39 – Telegraph [pdf pg. 1136]

D-86-40 – Telephone [pdf pg. 1192]